The PGA Championship needs adjustment. Here is 1 simple way to make it

Charlotte, NC – nearly 70 years ago, the organizers of the PGA championship were found in a dilemma. P&L turned red.

It was 1957, by chance one year before the event was broadcast on TV for the first time, and long before the world understood the value of television rights. This ’57 PGA returned a $ 9,000 deficit – the equivalent of about $ 100,000 today – making America’s PGA react in the most harsh way, shifting its format from match to hit game. Appropriately, in 1958, match match competitor Dow Finsterwald became the champion of the hook games. The governing body never looked back.

Sixty -seven years later, PGA is now more messy than four men’s degrees. The one who lacks an essential identity. What will be the winning result? Kind what kind of course will you expect in the future? The most constant thing about PGA is the 20 points given by PGA to the American Club professionals, who routinely show their game is a cut under their PGA Tour counterparts. Its courses rota does not have a visible line, and the irregularity of the winning results shows it. Give the players in the field whose choice they would like more, and they are first choosing the masters, the next opens, and the last PGA is likely.

We would like to fix it. Here’s how.

How would I fix the PGA championship

You can easily create humorous boards for other diplomas. Masters is spring time. Augusta Nationalflower jacket. Open the US is… just that. Open to everyone, and if you ask USA, it is played exclusively in cathedral of American golf. Oakmont, Shinnecock, Pebble, Pinehurst. The open championship is dull in color, but full of life. Black and white pictures, game hometown, dark blue, soft heather, wind and rain and a trophy called for summer.

As for that PGA humor board, he feels unclear to anyone who is not employed by the PGA of America. Justin Thomas and Jon Rahm were asked Tuesday morning for their perception of what A PGA championship course is, how the tournament feels, and the two were largely obstructed.

I would like it to become a guarantee again. With the champions playing more than 100 holes from start to finish, it looked known Memes Popeesexhausted and hugged, knee elbows … Wanamaker trophy on their side.

We do it starting the PGA championship a day earlier, on Wednesday, the first one of the two rounds of hooks. One hundred and thirty -two players will make a very deep field, and they will all take 36 holes to prove that they belong before the field is trimmed to only 32 and will be ranked in a game bracket.

By the end of the big championships, we often see the mentally exhausted goods. (Don’t worry, they will go there next month to Oakmont punishment.) But we often don’t see them physically exhausted, digging deep into any energy that remains in their cells. This is how this sport has been, with the last four PGA games played over 36 holes. Take the 1941 PGA Championship for example.

Byron Nelson took 18 holes to win his opening match, 18 holes to win his second round match, defeated Ralph Guldahl three times in 33 holes, defeated Ben Hogan in 34, headed Gene Sarazen to 35, just to lose at 38 (! Nelson played 176 holes that week.

In our new PGA, Friday would show 16 games, scoring no. 1 in that 36-year leader against no. 32, no. 2 VS no. 31, 3 vs 30, etc. Winners progress, losers go home. Only matches with 18 holes, however, nothing crazyBecause today’s modern golf player is quick to complain about changes in their status quo. They will hate the idea of ​​a victory Vic Ghezzi, saying the game game does not always buy the biggest player that week.

But isn’t that part of the big championship point? These tours should not imitate everything that the good is taught every week. And with the lack of an event for the game’s game on the tournament calendar – but spread to every other level of sport – it’s more of an opportunity for unique than anything else. Last year’s 36 -year leader would have offered something like Tony Finau Vs Rory Mcilroy in the first round of match game, with the winner set to get (probably) get Scottie Scheffler. The winner of this may have closed the horns with Brooks Koepka, just to find Xander Schauffle waiting in Elite 8.

Get everything – plus some last 4 matches – and you have won something special. Plus a much needed rest.